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| Book of Romans |
| Chapter 8 - Read Chapter |
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- 8:18 - [In Context]
- We have sufferings now. But the sufferings we have now are nothing compared to the great glory that will be given to us.
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- 8:19 - [In Context]
- Everything that God made is waiting with excitement for the time when God will show the world who his children are. The whole world wants very much for that to happen.
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- 8:20 - [In Context]
- Everything God made was changed to be like it was worth nothing. It did not want to change, but God decided to change it. But there was this hope:
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- 8:21 - [In Context]
- That everything God made would be made free from ruin (decay). There was hope that everything God made would have the freedom and glory that belong to God's children.
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- 8:22 - [In Context]
- We know that everything God made has been waiting until now in pain like a woman ready to give birth to a child.
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- 8:23 - [In Context]
- Not only the world, but we also have been waiting with pain inside us. We have the Spirit F67 as the first part of God's promise. So we are waiting for God to finish making us his own children. I mean we are waiting for our bodies to be made free.
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- 8:24 - [In Context]
- We were saved, and we have this hope. If we can see what we are waiting for, then that is not really hope. People don't hope for something they already have.
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- 8:25 - [In Context]
- But we are hoping for something that we don't have yet. We are waiting for it patiently.
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FOOTNOTES: F67: Spirit, Holy Spirit Also called the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ, and the Comforter. Joined with God and Christ, he does God's work among people in the world.
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